DAVID OWEN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/15/1989 - HFSID 165823

DAVID OWEN
The British Member of Parliament signs off letter to an admirer in black ink
Typed letter signed: "David Owen" in black ink. 1 page, 8¼x11¾. Written on personal House of Commons letterhead. London, England. November 15, 1989. Addressed to Mr. Peter McGath of Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland. In full: "Thank you for your letter. I am enclosing a signed photo for your collection, as requested. Yours sincerely". David Owen (b. 1938) is a British politician. Under the Labour Governments he served as Navy Minister, Health Minister and Foreign Secretary; he is best known has a co-founder of the Social Democratic Party and served as its leader from 1983 to 1987, and from 1988 to 1990. He went on to serve as a European Union peace negotiator in the former Yugoslavia form 1992-1995. After being designated the Baron Owen in 1992, he became an independent crossbench peer in the House of Lords, where he served as the Treasurer and member of the Palme Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues, as well as a member of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues and the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Armed Conflict. After a few years serving as Chancellor of Liverpool University from 1996 to 2009, he published Nuclear Papers (2009) which made available newly declassified government papers from his time as Foreign Secretary. Normal mailing fold. Toned. Creased throughout. Stained throughout. Slightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.